Ryan Murphy, the creator of “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” is defending the new Netflix series after it was harshly criticized by one of the brothers.
Erik Menendez slammed the series, released Sept. 19 on Netflix, as “blatant lies” and called the portrayal of his brother Lyle “ruinous” in a statement from prison released by his wife.
The series tells the story of the 1989 shotgun murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills home and the trials of their sons. Brothers Joseph “Lyle” Menendez, now 56, and Erik Menendez, now 53, were convicted in their parents’ murders in 1996 after two trials, and sentenced to life in prison without parole. They both remain incarcerated in a California prison.
Ryan Murphy on Monday responded to the backlash from Erik Menendez, telling E! News: “I know he hasn’t watched the show, so I find that curious.”
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